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Use the Motion node as the controller rather than the Dusk node. -Xathros

Some of us send beep commands to a switch that is nearing the end of a timer to alert anyone in the area that the lights are going to turn off is no action is taken. Another method (if on a dimmer) is to use a scene with a long ramp rate for the timer program to use when turning off the light. This way the light starts to slowly dim giving someone the opportunity to hit the switch again before being left in the dark. -Xathros

A common point of failure for notification emails and texts is when either the subject or the body of the notification is blank, the ISY will not send. Make sure there is something in both the subject and the body. -Xathros

Anytime. Happy to help. Happy holidays to you too! -Xathros

Define an integer variable: i.notificationDelay and set it's value to 0 Create a second program as follows: Program:NotificationDelay If i.notificationDelay=0 Then Send notification to 'email notification' Content 'Garage Outside Motion' i.notificationDelay=1 Run Program NotificationDelay (Else Path) Else wait 2 minutes i.notificationDelay = 0 Modify your original program by changing the line with the notification From: Send notification to 'email notification' Content 'Garage Outside Motion' to: Run Program NotificationDelay (If Path) This will notify you then prevent additional notifications until there has been no motion activity for 2 minutes. -Xathros

It starts at 2 representing "Unknown status" when you set it up and will change to 1 or 0 once the phone crosses a boundary. -Xathros

Sort of - you are now talking about controlling the door with a scene rather than a scene with the door. There are 2 parts to this - sensor and relay. While both are part of the one IOLinc, you might as well consider them 2 separate devices. Thinking about that for a moment: IOLinc relay is in momentary mode. Turn on a scene in which the relay is a responder, the relay will close for the preset momentary delay (2 seconds) and the door will move. Turn off the scene and nothing will happen. Turn the scene on again, the door will move to the opposite of what it is now. To run the whole show with scenes, a KPL button would be configured as a scene controller with the relay as a responder. The KPL button would be configured for "non-toggle On only". Then you would add the KPL LED as a responder to a scene with the door sensor as controller. This way the door responds to every button press and the LED follows the door state. Only in this case the LED will be on when the door is closed and off when open (Until you change the sensor switch). -Xathros

If the program ID from the summary does not work for you - try converting the ID from HEX to decimal and test the decimal version of the ID with roomie. -Xathros

oberkc is correct above. When the sensor changes state it sends either an on or off command. When you make the sensor a scene controller, the scene will respond to the on or off sent by the sensor. With the current mac switch installed, the sensor will turn the scene on when the door closes and off when it opens. Using the program, we watch for the on and off commands from the sensor and instruct the scene to do the opposite. -Xathros

No. The ISY is event driven. Anytime an event occurs, the ISY checks the program list to see if anything needs to be done. It is not constantly polling devices looking for changes. There are 2 ways to do what you want. With scenes and with programs. For now, since you have th wrong mag switch, program is the way to go. Once you get the right switch in there, then you could drive a scene with the sensor. Here is an example program: If Control GarageDoorSensor is Switched Off and Control GarageDoorSensor is NOT switched On Then Set Scene KeypadButtonG On Else Set Scene KeyPadButtonG Off This program will trigger when the garage door sensor turns on (Door closed) or off (Door Open). When it turns On, the Else path will run and turn off the scene with a keypad button light in it. When it turns off, the then path will run and the scene is turned on. We need the program to reverse the meaning of the sensor. Once you change out the sensor, you could simply make the GarageDoorSensor a controller of the KeyPadButtonG scene and the program won't be required. -Xathros

This depends on the garage door opener. Many (like mine) only require a short press of a momentary button (1 to 2 secs) and the door will move to the opposite of what it was before the press. On systems like these, keeping the button held can prevent other control methods from functioning. -Xathros

I use the Pi for things that the ISY does not do natively. The Pi itself does not do insteon. Using the optional netowrking module for the ISY to talk to the Pi and the Pi talks to the ISY using the ISYs /rest interface. A very powerful combination and soon to become more powerful as the ISY gains bi-directional networking and improved variable support in a future update. I have no worries about support for the ISY going away anytime soon. I'm sure somewhere down the road, the ISY will move to a different CPU or platform but I suspect that is a long way off. -Xathros

This is what the kit used to come with: http://www.smarthome.com/7455B/SECO-LARM-SM-226L-3-Magnetic-Garage-Door-Contact-Switch/p.aspx and is what many of us are using. Wire the red and black in place of what you have now. -Xathros

Depends on how complex you get with programs. I started with a non-pro and upgraded when I needed to. Hardware is identical - Pro is a addon software module. This is only needed if you want your X10 modules to appear in the device tree with symbolic names. The base model (pro and non-pro) allows full control of X10 by Housecode and ID within programs. From the UDI Website: Model Comparison IR Support Max. Devices/Scenes Max. Programs MSRP ISY994i No 256 300 $289.00 ISY994i/IR Yes 256 300 $329.00 ISY994i PRO No 1024 1000 $319.00 ISY994i/IR PRO Yes 1024 1000 $359.00 Network Security ISY994 Series: SSL3.0, Low Grade Encryption, Client/Server Certificates ISY994 PRO Series: TLS1.2, High Grade Encryption, Client/Server Certificates, and Client/Server Authentication Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

ISY can't respond to response messages like that as far as I know. You would need to use REST commands, and I don't know that it is possible to get the itach to do that. You would probably have to use an intermediary, like a PC. ISY can't parse responses YET. That ability is coming in a future firmware update. I'm not sure how far off this is at this point but I'm hopeful that we will see this in the next few months. -Xathros

I believe you want Momentary B. In latching mode, the relay will stay on until you send an off. Being there is a chance that the off command may be missed, it is safer to have the IOLinc in momentary mode with a delay of 1 to 2 seconds. In the current configuration, you may not be able to operate the door with the RF remotes due to relay "holding the manual button in" in latching mode. For Door status, use the status of the sensor - not the the relay status. Note: the door status is likely backwards due to Smarthome including a NO (normally open) rather than NC (normally closed) mag switch in the kit. Most of use have replaced the mag switch with either an NC or NO/NC switch wired for NC operation. While you can sort of compensate for this by checking Trigger Reverse in the IOLinc options, this has some problematic side effects. A query will return the ACTUAL state of the sensor rather then the Trigger Reversed state. Safter to swap out the MAG switch. If your OK with Sensor ON meaning the door is closed, then no need to change anything but most prefer ON to mean door is open. -Xathros

I am no expert by any means but I really suspect a DC backup to the PLM would prove useless and as much of what the PLM does is track the AC sine wave for zero crossing transmit timing - with no AC input, how can it function at all? Put a dual band PLM behind a UPS alog with your ISY wallwart and network gear then put the UPS on a filterlinc alongside an access point to bridge over the UPS with RF. This works for a number of users here. -Xathros

Yes. The Relay is what will control the door. The sensor is what reads the magnetic switch and tells you if the dorr is open or closed. Yes. However, if you have the IOLinc in one of the momentary modes, the relay actually turns off after the preset delay, the ISY is just unaware of that fact since the relay is a responder only device. It does not send a status message when it turns off. I like you have coded my programs to send an off command to the relay just to fix the status - has no other effect and is NOT necessary. See #2 Anytime. Happy to help. -Xathros

Try http:///rest/nodes/scenes -Xathros

Happy to help. I recall them saying that the ability to add custom commands was one of the shipping features on the first round. What have you been able to do with it so far? -Xathros

Is your ISY set up for remote access? If so, try it with https:// and your external IP:port and see if it works. -Xathros

Awesome! Now see if you can get Ubi to use the same command. -Xath

Chrome and Firefox work for me but I'm also on a MAC so ... -Xathros

OK So the port 5010 is likely not the problem. You can set that back to the way it was. Lets try a simpler command: http://user:pass@ip:5010/rest/nodes -Xathros

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